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Luminar lines up $22 million bidder for its lidar business The bid comes from Quantum Computing Inc., which already lined up to buy Luminar's semiconductor division. Luminar founder Austin Russell…

Meta hires former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair Before joining Meta, Powell McCormick was working as deputy national security advisor to President Donald Trump. Before…

Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicorn French defense tech company Harmattan AI is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million…

These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans African defense company Terra comes out of stealth with a $11.75M round led by…

inDrive turns to ads and groceries to diversify revenue Advertising on inDrive is being rolled out across its top 20 markets following mid-2025 tests. Advertising on inDrive is being rolled…

Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end…

Google co-founders may be pulling out of California Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google. Sergey Brin and Larry Page…

Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached. Instagram says that although…

Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries. This…

Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they…